The Weather Pavilion is a historical meteorological pavilion located in the center of St. Petersburg.
The weather Pavilion, also known as the meteorological pavilion, has now been restored and is a landmark of the city.
The pavilion is located in the historical center of St. Petersburg, on the pedestrian Malaya Konyushennaya Street, in the alignment of Cheboksary Lane.
The pavilion is made in antique style.
The sculptor Vasily Vasilyevich Kuznetsov initially worked on the sculptural models made of cast iron decorating the pavilion.
There are clock faces on all four sides of the pavilion, and gilded antique-style figures framing the pavilion clock symbolize Time.
The pavilion is crowned by the figure of a Newt blowing a conch shell. Keystones with masks are fixed under the cornice under the clock.
Initially, the meteorological pavilion on Malaya Konyushennaya Street was designed by architect Nikolai Evgenievich Lancere. The ball pavilion was made in 1913 by order of the City Council of St. Petersburg. In 1914, the pavilion was installed on Malaya Konyushennaya Street at the intersection with Nevsky Prospekt.
The pavilion was a small meteorological station that recorded atmospheric pressure and air temperature using a barograph and a thermograph, and also kept a chronology of changes using recorders. Precise instruments required constant supervision: the drum was wound up with a key for a day, turned, and a measurement curve was drawn on a special tape. Through the showcases of the pavilion, it was possible to get acquainted with the weekly recordings of the readings of the recorders.
Based on the results of processing weather information received by telegraph from the European part of Russia and Western Europe, a Synoptic map was created and a weather forecast for the day was given.
In the 1930s, the pavilion was dismantled and moved to Elagin Island and the Kirov Central Park of Culture and Recreation, where it stood in an abandoned state for about 70 years. Over time, the barograph with the recorders disappeared from the pavilion, and the clock mechanisms failed.
The pavilion was partially restored and returned to Malaya Konyushennaya Street in 1997. One of the initiators of the pavilion transfer was Alexey Nikolaevich Lancere, the son of the creator of the ancient weather station.
In the fall of 2018, the facade of the pavilion was renovated, and the clock mechanisms were replaced with more modern ones. Today, according to the Lancer clock on the pavilion, you can check the exact time again.
A barograph made in 1954 by the Safonov plant "Gidrometpribor" is presented in the showcase of the pavilion.
Practical information
Nearest metro stations: "Admiralteyskaya", "Nevsky Prospekt" and "Gostiny Dvor".
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